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"I'm captivated by you, baby, like a fireworks show."

"Alright boys, Katie and I will be gone for two weeks. That means-"

"Mom!" Kendall whined.

Though the reason why the Knight family moved to L.A. was to make Kendall and his best friends a band, Katie had somehow found herself getting wrapped up in trying to get roles in commercials and shows. Some auditions were in the local area of Los Angeles, other times auditions took place a plane ride away.

That was this case this time around.

"I'm seventeen mom! I can take care of myself!" Kendall whined as if he were five again. Mrs. Knight chuckled as she nodded, releasing a long held breath.

"You're right! I need to let you grow up," she stated as the dirty blond smiled and nodded. She looked at the three other boys, who might as well have been her other sons, and smiled at them as she gave them all hugs.

"If you need anything, I'm only a phone call away," she said as they all nodded and hugged her, giving the woman a reassuring squeeze.

"Don't worry, Mama Knight," Logan began. "It's only going to be for a little. I'll make sure everything's in one piece when you come back," he assured as the mother of two chuckled and nodded.

"That's what I like to hear."

"Mom! If we don't leave now we're going to miss the plane," Katie warned exasperatedly as the woman sighed and nodded. She kissed her son on the cheek as he smiled and waved at his departing mother. She began to walk out of the apartment, but came to a screeching halt as she turned to the four startled boys.

"No parties!" she warned before she smiled sweetly and walked out, her daughter rolling her eyes and shaking her head. The door closed, the four boys ceasing their waves. They glanced at each other before they smirked.

"We've GOT to have a party!" James said as he crossed his arms, Carlos following suit.

"He's right, it's New Year's Eve!" he exclaimed as Kendall laughed, glancing at Logan, who gave him a wary stare.

"Well, what do you think?" the genius asked the leader as the blond thought for a moment. He gave his friends each a glance before he smirked.

"Who votes for a social gathering?" The other three boys cheered as they grinned, nodding their heads at the idea.

"This is gonna be awesome!" Carlos cheered as James smirked.

"Looks like the Hollywood Super Party Kings of Hollywood return."

"You said that twice…"

"You bet I did!"

"Guys," Kendall interrupted as the three boys looked over at him. "Lets try not to invite 'Al Contacts' this time, ok?" the son of the home owner teased as Carlos smiled sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head innocently. "I want to try and avoid what happened last time we had a party."

"Kendall's right, we're lucky that we had Gustavo's 'fun' box," Logan reminded. The four looked up to the ceiling, recalling their fond memory of the fun box. They smiled and nodded, turning their attention back to the topic at hand.

"Alright, I say we each invite four people. That's sixteen people right there," Kendall stated as the other three nodded in agreement. The four stood in silence before Logan, James, and Carlos shoved their hands into the air.

"I call inviting Jayne!"

"Already on it!" Kendall called out, already half way out the door. The other three groaned as they watched the smirking blond walk out to the hall, leaving them to try and figure out who to invite.

He reached 2H's door and opened it, knowing it would already be unlocked. "Hey!"

"Kendall, I had a feeling it was you." Said singer smiled as he watched Jayne walk out of her room. She gave the boy a skeptical look before she sat across him at the table.

"What do you want?" she asked curiously as the green eyed boy smiled happily.

"I'd like to officially invite you to 2J's New Year's Eve party." Jayne raised a brow as she crossed her arms a bit.

"Isn't your mom out of town?"

"Hence the party," Kendall pointed out as the girl laughed a bit. She shook her heads as she sighed.

"I don't-"

"Even if you say you don't know, you know you're going, right?" the dirty blond asked. Jayne rolled her eyes as she stood up, mumbling about Kendall having to stop acting as if she didn't have a will of her own.

"…I guess celebrating New Years with you guys wouldn't be so terrible." Kendall grinned as he stood up and followed the girl into the kitchen.

"You're gonna have fun, trust me," the boy assured as Jayne chuckled and shook her head. She glanced at Kendall before she took a sip of water from her cup on the table.

"Is Jo still busy tonight?" she asked as Kendall nodded his head.

"Yeah. She's got a big cast party she needs to go to after she gets done on set," he explained as Jayne's eyes softened.

"Sorry to hear that."

"It's ok. Work is work," he stated casually as he smiled. "I still have my friends."

Jayne chuckled and nodded, wondering how the boy always kept up such a happy persona and attitude; it must be tiring. She watched as Kendall stood to his feet and began to head toward the door.

"Be at our place by, lets say, eight-thirty."

"How nice do I have to be dressed for this?" the brunette asked curiously as Kendall stopped at the door. He thought before he shrugged.

"Think of the kind of nice James would want."

"I figured that would be your answer." Kendall smiled as he waved over his shoulder, exiting the apartment.

One invitation down, three more to go.

Apartment 2J had turned from a home of six to a party station for all. The decorations had been perfectly placed, streamers and balloons everywhere. Lights had been put up in order to set up a certain mood for everyone. Music had been turned on, not too loud or else Bitters was sure to hear, and the food was all out.

"We did good guys." Kendall smiled as he glanced around, nodding with approval at their work. His friends stood beside him with proud smiles as well.

"Oh, wait!" Carlos scurried into the kitchen, James following after him. Kendall raised his thick brow as he glanced over at Logan, who wore the same confused expression. They followed the two into the kitchen and watched as the Latino began to pull something out from a cupboard.

"Carlos, what-" Kendall stopped as his eyes widened. "Do NOT tell me that's what I think it is!"

"Dude, relax!" James cooed as Carlos pulled out a bottle of wine. Logan's eyes widened as he gaped with a horrified look on his face. Kendall shook his head as he immediately rejected the idea.

"No way am I going to let people drink that!"

"We've only got two bottles, which should be enough for everyone to have a glass," James explained as Logan shook his head.

"I'm with Kendall on this, guys. Where the heck did you even get that?"

"I know a guy." Carlos shrugged as the objecting boys rolled their eyes.

"No," Kendall stated evenly as James and Carlos frowned.

"Come on man! We're seventeen!" James argued. "We've got to live a little. One glass won't kill anyone!"

"Yeah!" Carlos chimed in. "If anyone starts to get out of control we'll stop and dump everything out." he assured as Kendall looked over to Logan. He gave him a shrug; it was the blonde's decision. He fought with himself for a long moment before he sighed.

"One glass for everyone, and only right before it strikes midnight, that's it!" he demanded. James and Carlos cheered as they did their victory dance. Logan chuckled as Kendall looked over at him.

"I'm surprised you let me do that so easily," he stated as the genius shrugged.

"Well, it's actually proven that people who drink wine are associated with a decrease in death with cardiovascular problems."

"You lost me there."

"I guess, as long as we're responsible and make sure everyone's ok when we drink it, things will work out," Logan stated, sounding confident in his friends and himself. "And, I guess it's normal for us to at least try some at our age. Most people have their first drink when their at least fourteen or fifteen."

Kendall thought about the numbers for a moment and relaxed. If his genius friend was relaxed about the entire situation, then he felt that he had nothing to worry about. Logan was right anyways, as long as they were responsible then things would be ok .

Everything was going to be ok.

The clock had struck eight-thirty, and the first couple guests had already arrived. The boys did their best job to make sure everyone was happy, though it wasn't too hard. People began to chat away or dance to the music, eating snacks here and there. Kendall smiled as he sighed; he would have preferred wearing something a bit more casual, but James was a stubborn one.

Each boy had their own style of fancy. James sported a gray blazer with a nice black shirt underneath with his favorite black pants. Beside him was Carlos, who wore a dark purple shirt with a black tie. With it, he worse a black vest-unbuttoned-and gray pants to match it. Then there was Logan, who always pulled off the classic sort of fancy. He was wearing a dark maroon shirt that boded well with his buttoned up black vest and tie. He wasn't really a fan of the black pants just because they weren't as comfortable as his jeans, but he'd make due just for one night.

Kendall had been the last to change. He had been hoping that James would change his mind about the dress code, but as the clock hands began to tick closer to eight-thirty, he knew there was no escape for him. So, deciding to be the "adult" that he was, he changed into a nice, dark gray, almost black, button up shirt. He put his tie on, though it took him a few tries to really get it on right, and slipped his black dress pants on after. He checked himself in the mirror, brushing his hair with his hands before he nodded and walked out to join the others.

"Looks like almost everyone is here," Logan stated as the four boys stood next to each other, soaking everything in. Kendall glanced at the time, noticing it was almost nine. He glanced around and raised a brow.

"Yeah, almost everyone."

"Where's Jayne anyways?" James asked, the four noticing the girl missing. Kendall shrugged as he played off his slight anxiety as nothing.

"I'm sure she'll be here," he stated as Carlos frowned.

"She's never late though," he pointed out. Logan patted his back as he made his way over to the snack table.

"I'm sure she's just busy doing a last minute thing," the genius called out over the music. Soon, James and Carlos followed Logan's lead, grabbing a couple pizza puffs, and headed to the dance floor. Kendall chuckled as he watched the two dance wildly to the music. He glanced at the kitchen, staring at the refrigerator. He couldn't help but think back to the bottles of wine sitting in it. He wasn't sure how to feel about the whole situation. He had never really drank before, and neither had his friends, so he had every reason to be nervous. James was right though, most kids their age probably already had their first ten drinks by then, the question was, did Kendall want to be one of those kids?

Sighing, the blond stood up, making his way over to Guitar Dude and his little posse. He sat for a bit, listening to a crazy story about how the guitar player once had to give CPR to someone at a concert he had been at, but found that his tummy was calling for food. Making his way to the snack table, the sound of the front door opening caught his attention. He smirked as he looked up, the girl he had been expecting not at the door.

"Jo!" His eyes widened as the blond walked in, her gold, on strap dress flattering her very well. Her hair was curled and pulled back, so people-mostly the females in the room-could appreciate the entire ensemble. She smiled at her boyfriend as she walked up to him and kissed him. He blinked, surprised to see her, but smiled. "I thought you had a cast party to go to?"

"Well," she began. "I thought about it, and I realized that I'd rather be here, with you, than at that party," she said with a smile. Kendall smiled back at her as he wrapped an arm around her shoulders. They made their way over to Logan, Camille, and James, Carlos trying to sneak a dance in with the Jennifers, and began to talk about what was to come in the new year.

"You know, it's past nine. I thought Jayne would be here by now," Logan pointed out as he looked through the crowd and noticed the girl still missing. Camille raised a brow as she glanced around.

"She said she was going to be a little late, but I didn't think she'd be this late," she explained as everyone looked at her. Kendall frowned as he looked around.

"I-"

"Sorry guys!" The door to apartment 2J opened, the small group looking towards the door. Kendall's green eyes widened as he stared at the woman in the doorway. He tried to keep himself from leaving his jaw agape.

Jayne stood in the door way with a sheepish smile. She was wearing a silver dress that sparkled in certain lightings. It was strapless, with a sweetheart neckline. A black ribbon was tied around her midsection to complete the look. Her hair had loose curls, her bangs pinned back, showing the world her deep, blue eyes for the first time.

"I had a last minute dance rehearsal for this New Years performance next week and traffic was terrible." As she explained her story, everyone but one listened intently.

Kendall couldn't stop himself from staring. He knew that Jayne was pretty, she was one of the prettiest girls he knew, but seeing the girl that night, something inside of him clicked.

"Glad you could make it," Kendall teased, finally breaking out of his stupor. Jayne rolled her eyes as she smirked at him.

"Well, if I hadn't, I knew I'd never hear the end of it from any of you guys," she stated as Kendall laughed. He nodded as the others smiled and nodded, agreeing with the girl's statement.

Suddenly, an upbeat song came on, making Camille grin. "I love this song!" Pulling Logan from his seat, the method actress winked at everyone, dragging the boy to the dance floor. Carlos enthusiastically followed suit, jumping right in the middle of the Jennifers. The others chuckled as they watched Carlos try and dance with each, the three walking away and the boy following like a puppy.

Kendall glanced over at Jayne, and his eyes widened slightly as he watched James hold his hand out to the girl. She thought for a moment before she chuckled and nodded and took his hand. He watched as the two walked on to the dance floor, a smile on Jayne's face. He would ignore the thumping in his chest, and just smile. He didn't care. They were friends! Of course he didn't care!

"I do like this song," Jo stated innocently. Kendall ripped his attention away from the dancing brunette and smiled at his girlfriend as he bowed a bit and held his hand out.

"Would you be so kind as to accept this dance with me?" he asked as if he were a Knight in shining armor. Jo laughed as she nodded taking his hand in her own.

Hours had gone by since the beginning of the night. Everything seemed to be going well in apartment 2J. Everyone was having a good time, dancing and talking and reminiscing about the past events of the year. Kendall, a bit tired from dancing, sat down at the table and watched as Jo and Camille talked amongst themselves. He smiled, and glanced around the room, his eyes falling on James and Carlos, who were giving Logan a pep talk on giving Camille a kiss at midnight. He chuckled to himself before he searched the room for one more person. He raised a brow as he noticed the person missing. He stood to his feet and raised a brow as he noticed the door to the apartment cracked open. He grabbed his blazer that James was going to force him to wear and headed towards the exit. He stopped and looked back at Jo, making sure she wasn't alone.

Out the door he went.

He closed the door quietly behind him, glancing back and shaking his head at the volume of the music. He looked both ways down the hall and smirked, noticing the escape door slowly shutting. He pushed the door open and glanced around, listening carefully. The sound of a door clicking softly shut caught his attention as he looked up. He made his way up a couple flights of stairs, and though he was a young, healthy boy, he was still a bit winded by the time he reached the top. He pushed the door open, the breeze from the rooftop a bit refreshing. He glanced around and smiled as he watched the girl he was looking for sit at the edge of the roof.

"You can't be tired yet." Jayne looked over her should, surprised by the visitor, as Kendall approached her with a smile. "It's not midnight yet."

"Sorry, I just wanted to get some fresh air is all," the girl explained. She nodded a thank you as the blond placed his jacket on her shoulders. He sat down beside her as they stared out at the city lights. The silence was a comfortable one, it usually was with those two. Jayne glanced over at her companion as she smiled a little and shook her head. Kendall glanced over at her with a raised brow as he let his feet dangle off the edge.

"What?" he asked as Jayne smiled and sighed.

"I was just thinking how different my life is now compared to how it was last year," she explained. "I never would have imagined that half the stuff that happened to me has happened, and…" she trailed off, creating a monster of curiosity in Kendall.

"What? Just say it," he coaxed as he give the girl a friend smile. She looked at him before chuckling at herself.

"I never thought I would have made so many friends." Kendall blinked, surprised at the girl's statement. She shook her head as she pulled her legs into her chest, wrapping her arms around them.

"I was never really a friendly kind of person, I guess you can say," she stated. "And I just didn't really have the urge to make many friends, I thought it was pointless," she explained as she laughed a bit. "And then you showed up in my life and suddenly I had these friends without even noticing."

Kendall smiled at the girl's content expression as they stared out at the skyline.

"You know," the dirty blond began, catching the girl's attention. "Life at the Palm Woods was pretty nice, even before you got here."

"Thanks," she muttered sarcastically as Kendall chuckled.

"But, the moment you came pounding at my door," the blond said, Jayne shaking her head at the memory. "I knew things would be different. Better." Kendall turned to the girl with a soft smile as she blinked at him.

"Thank you, for being in my life." Jayne's eyes widened, her heart fluttering slightly as the beat echoed in her ears. She would question herself about it later, for an important call would ruin their moment.

Kendall reached into his pocket as he pulled his phone out. "Hello?"

"Kendall? Where are you?"

"I'm with Jayne, what's up?" the blond asked, hearing the urgency in Logan's voice.

"Bitters is catching on! I went downstairs to get Camille gum from the vending machine and I saw him come out of his office with his party searching gear!"

"You've got to be kidding me!" Kendall stood to his feet as Jayne raised a brow, following after him.

"Do something!"

"Alright, Logie," Kendall cooed. "Here's the deal. Me and Jayne are going to go deal with Bitters. You make sure that you simmer the party down a little."

"Ok, hurry!"

Kendall shook his head as he ended the call and put his phone back in his pocket. Jayne raised a brow as she quickly began to follow the blond towards the door.

"What's going on?"

"Bitters caught on about the party," he explained. "We've got to go stop him from getting to our door," Kendall explained as the two began to rush down the flights of stairs.

"How are we going to do that?" Jayne asked with a concerned tone in her voice. She had heard the story of the strikes and the "no party" policy. She had also heard about the boy's last attempt at a party, and she knew if they were to get caught this time, things would end badly.

"Oh, silly Jayne," Kendall said as he smirked at the girl. "I always have a plan!"

Bitters hadn't always been the stubborn, strict man that he was. He used to like having fun and going out to see the world, but it would seem as though that life soon left him after he realized that it was time to grow up and take on the responsibilities of an adult. Parties were the last thing he wanted to deal with on the one day he wanted to relax, but it was like it was in his blood. His could smell a party from miles away if he wanted, and the party he had smelled was much closer than that.

He scanned the first floor with his "party meter" stick, approaching the elevator. As he did so, he stopped a voice calling out to him. He looked over his shoulder and rolled his eyes as Jayne quickly scampered up to him.

"Mr. Bitters!"

"What is it? I have important business to attend to," he snapped as he adjusted the headphones on his ears. Jayne stopped herself from rolling her own eyes as she cleared her throat.

"It's the vending machine!" she exclaimed as she smiled sheepishly at the man. "It's jammed and I can't buy anything."

"What? Let me see," he muttered as he redirected himself to the machine. Jayne followed after him, glancing to her right as she nodded her head. They stopped in front of the machine as the hotel owner checked it over.

"Hold on, I'll get this handled," he said as he made his way to his office. He walked in, searching for his walkie-talkie, not noticing his office door shutting behind him. His eyes widened as he heard the sound of something clicking behind him. He span around and quickly ran up to the door, twisting the knob and finding it not moving.

"Hey! Open up!" he shouted from the other side of the door. He pounded on the door a couple times before he frantically began to search his messy desk for his key ring.

It was gone.

"I can't believe I just did this."

"Hey! Just think of it as one more thing crossed off your list of things to do by the end of year!"

"Kendall, locking the hotel manager in his office definitely wasn't on my list," Jayne said as Kendall smirked, the key ring spinning around his finger happily.

"It was definitely on mine." Jayne shook her head as she laughed a bit and sighed. She looked at the blond as they began to make their way toward the elevator.

"Thanks." Kendall raised a brow as he looked over at his companion with confusion on his face.

"For what?"

"…For being in my life too." Jayne avoided eye contact with the boy, but he knew she meant it. He smiled as he shook his head and nodded.

"You're wel-where are your shoes?"

The brunette gave the blond a puzzled look as she looked down at her feet. Her blue eyes widened as she laughed and lightly slapped herself in the forehead. "I must have left them on the roof when we rushed down here," she explained as Kendall laughed, pressing the button to the highest floor.

"Looks like we're heading to the roof then," he stated. They rode the elevator in silence, not minding it at all. The blond glanced at his watch, shocked at how little time they had before the new year. Then, suddenly, he remembered what would be waiting for him when he got back to the apartment; a tall glass of wine. He frowned a bit, still unsure of what to do. There were rare occasions when the leader of BTR found himself confused, but when it did happen, he was hit hard.

He knew that it wasn't going to be a big deal. He knew that everything was going to be ok and nothing was going to get out of control, but for some reason he still felt guilty about it all. He couldn't quite put his finger on it, maybe it was just because he'd never drank before, or maybe it was because his mother was trusting him and he was already breaking so many rules.

"James told me he got wine?" Kendall blinked as the elevator stopped, the two walking out of it. He looked over at Jayne as she continued to walk down the hall. He cleared his throat as he smiled.

"Yeah, still confused on how they even pulled that off."

"They're full of surprises," Jayne said playfully as Kendall chuckled and nodded. His smile slowly disappeared, Jayne watching with her peripherals. Her eyes softened as she looked over at him.

"Have you ever drank before?"

"Me? No. Have you?" he asked curiously as they walked over to the fire escape and began to head up. The dancer shook her head as they reached the roof.

"No. I don't have anything against people who do or anything, it just wasn't something I was interested in is all," she explained as Kendall nodded. He glanced around and chuckled as he pointed to the pair of silver heels sitting by the ledge of the roof. Jayne sighed as she walked over to them and picked them up.

Suddenly, the sound of Kendall's phone ringing made both jump, Kendall sighing and picking the call up. "Yeah?"

"How did things go?" the blond heard Logan ask as he smirked.

"We won't have to worry about Bitters for the rest of the night."

"Really! Great!" The loud music and voices in the background earned Kendall a chuckle as he shook his head.

"Sounds like everything's going well."

"Yeah, but hey," Logan began as he glanced around the room.

"You might want to get down here soon, we've only got like five minutes before midnight," he said as he looked over at Jo, who was wearing a smile, though her eyes continued to search the room for her boyfriend.

"Yeah, sorry. I'll be down there in a second, we just had to grab Jayne's shoes from the roof."

"Her shoes?"

"Long story. Is Jo ok?" Kendall asked as Logan looked over at her. She caught his attention and smiled as she began to make her way toward him.

"Yeah, she's fine. Just make sure you get back soon."

"Will do." Logan hung the phone up as he turned to Jo. He smiled as she smiled back at him.

"Was that Kendall?" the actress asked as Logan nodded with a smile.

"Yeah. Everything with Bitters is fine and he'll be here soon." he assured. Jo pursed her lips slightly before she forced a smile and nodded.

Somehow, she had a feeling Logan was wrong about the last part.

"Will do." Kendall stuffed his phone back into his pocket as he sighed, watching as Jayne raised a brow at him.

"Logan?"

"Yup, just wanted to check on the Bitters thing." Jayne nodded as she glanced at him.

"So, are you going to drink tonight?" Jayne asked curiously as Kendall thought for a long moment.

"I don't know. I think James, Carlos, and Logan are," he said as Jayne nodded, the two sitting for a bit. "But, I'm not really sure if I want to or not," he said honestly as the girl nodded, understanding him. She looked at him and could easily tell he was having an inner battle with himself.

"Well," she began, catching Kendall's attention. "If you do, I'm sure you won't hate it. Actually, you might like it," she said as the blond chuckled and nodded. "But, if you don't drink, then that's ok too."

Somehow, the girl had seen right through Kendall's façade.

"You don't have to do it just because everyone else is doing it and you feel like you'd be going against the tide. It's all about what you actually want to do."

Kendall stared at Jayne for a moment as he sat beside her. He smiled as he stared down at the concrete for a moment. He looked back up at Jayne as she matched his gaze.

"You're amazing."

They sat in a silence that was unlike their past. The air was thick and both felt the need to say something, they just weren't sure what it was. Kendall smiled as Jayne cleared her throat and looked away.

Suddenly, an explosion in the sky sounded off, more and more following after the first. The two looked up as the colors enveloped the night light. Jayne slowly began to grin as she laughed, Kendall smiling widely. Looking down at his watch he smiled as he looked over at Jayne.

"Happy New Year!" She laughed and nodded as she smiled happily.

"You too, Kendall!" They watched the fireworks go off for a bit longer before Kendall turned.

"Come on, we've got a party to have fun at!" Jayne smiled as she nodded, following after the boy. She thought for a moment before she stopped. The dirty blond looked back at her with a raised brow as she hesitated.

"Kendall," she began. "Lets make this a great year. An unforgettable one."

The boy smiled as he held his hand out to the girl. "It already is."